This statistic depicts the average proportion of organization's budget spent on legal services in 2017, broken down by the type of legal resource. During the survey, on average 59 percent of legal services expenditure was for external law firms.
Share of an organization's budget spent on legal services worldwide in 2017, by legal resource
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Norton Rose Fulbright. (October 31, 2017). Share of an organization's budget spent on legal services worldwide in 2017, by legal resource [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/890854/legal-services-proportion-of-budget-by-resource-worldwide/
Norton Rose Fulbright. "Share of an organization's budget spent on legal services worldwide in 2017, by legal resource." Chart. October 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/890854/legal-services-proportion-of-budget-by-resource-worldwide/
Norton Rose Fulbright. (2017). Share of an organization's budget spent on legal services worldwide in 2017, by legal resource. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/890854/legal-services-proportion-of-budget-by-resource-worldwide/
Norton Rose Fulbright. "Share of An Organization's Budget Spent on Legal Services Worldwide in 2017, by Legal Resource." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/890854/legal-services-proportion-of-budget-by-resource-worldwide/
Norton Rose Fulbright, Share of an organization's budget spent on legal services worldwide in 2017, by legal resource Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/890854/legal-services-proportion-of-budget-by-resource-worldwide/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
Share of an organization's budget spent on legal services worldwide in 2017, by legal resource [Graph], Norton Rose Fulbright, October 31, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/890854/legal-services-proportion-of-budget-by-resource-worldwide/